Holidify, a Delhi-based startup founded by IIT Bombay alumni has recently raised an angel round of funding of $100K led by Promoter of Aarti Group (BSE: AARTIIND). The promoter family of Aarti Industries has earlier invested in education startup Places, Bewakoof.com and Humming Whale, creator of Gladius Technology Cricket Bats. The funding round also saw […]
The Indo-US Startup Connect was a unique exhibition of Start-Ups that showcased products from 40 different companies. Forty startups from India are participating in the programme at San Jose, which was planned following PM Modi’s “Startup India, Stand up India” call from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
We all know that Facebook is trying very hard to bring its Internet.org to India, which was disallowed in India is selling the same item in a new packet: “Free Basics”. Recently, they launched a super cool looking feature to change your profile picture to one with tricolour hues. This is supposed to be your […]
One of the most intimidating things entrepreneurs face is the fact that some of their competitors are massive multi-billion dollar corporations. Everyone knows the story of David and Goliath; occasionally the underdog wins. But in the real world, the giant wins a lot (if not most) of the time. This was a reality I faced when I […]
Music streaming service Saavn, which recently raised a $100-million round of funding, has roped in former Vodafone global CEO Arun Sarin as an investor and strategic advisor.
Saras Agarwal’s main agenda at a networking event early this year was to meet Zishaan Hayath, cofounder and chief executive of education technology startup Toppr. The associate vice-president at VenturEast, among India’s oldest venture capital firms, wasn’t looking to invest in Toppr but discuss startups Hayath had put his money into. “It was a general […]
One of Reliance Industries’ offices in suburban Mumbai became unusually busy last week. The Reason: a second batch of 10 startups joined the country’s largest private firm’s four-month acceleration programme, run in partnership with Microsoft Ventures, to help them scale up operations through mentoring and infrastructure support in exchange of technology and ideas. A month […]
The U.S. celebrity machine thrives on a set-em-up-and-knock-em-down cycle so it’s not surprising that the latest film about Steve Jobs is highly negative. However, perseverating on Jobs’s problematic personal relationships is completely missing the point. CEO’s that treat people like crap are dime-a-dozen. There was nothing unique about Jobs’s management style. What was unique about […]
Pushing on its hyperlocal offering, AskmeBazaar.com has launched its Next Day Delivery (NDD) service in Hyderabad. Bringing deals from the offline players on the city-specific page of AskmeBazaar, the portal has tied up with 70 merchants in the city across 13 categories for delivery within 24 hours. It will extend its services to Guntur, Vijaywada […]
What we will say, Is this Narendra modi effect or what but China’s one of the largest search engine Baidu and one of the country’s biggest private conglomerates Fosun are scouting to invest in Indian startups, joining compatriots from the Middle Kingdom eager to profit from the opportunities in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. Investment […]
If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. – Rita Mae Brown App Launch Day It’s 10 o’clock in the morning of 13th august, 2015. The weather is surprisingly cool for Delhi. The Holidify App Launch is scheduled for noon, but the tech team is yet to arrive. Launching the app […]
I remember sitting in a tacky cafe in Chennai. It was February 2014 and I was meeting Akshat, one of my brother’s best friends since he was in town for the day. With a glint of excitement in his eyes, he leaned forward and said “I’ve been reading about this organization in South Africa using […]